| J.J. Young on 31 Aug 2003 14:26:30 -0000 |
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| Re: [eia] Retreating the Denmark corps |
The depot in London is closer to Brest (by land spaces) than the depot in San Sebastian. -JJY ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kyle H" <menexenus@xxxxxxx> To: "public list for an Empires in Arms game" <eia@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 11:58 PM Subject: Re: [eia] Retreating the Denmark corps > I honestly don't see how this is a "house" interpretation. The rules > state quite clearly that corps are retreated toward their "nearest depot". > A depot is a depot. The general principle behind this rule is that troops > will fall back on their supply lines, retreating towards their nearest > source of supply. If invasion supply is closest, why would troops move away > from it? That doesn't make any sense to me. (BTW, I can imagine lots of > situations in which you'd *want* to fall back toward your invasion supply > depot.) > I'm curious, though. If you had been originally thinking that the > invasion supply depot doesn't count, then why did you think the Denmark > corps would first retreat to the St. Malo area? Wouldn't it have retreated > immediately to the Lorient space? (It doesn't really matter. I'm just > wondering.) > > kdh > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J.J. Young" <jjy@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "public list for an Empires in Arms game" <eia@xxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 11:48 PM > Subject: Re: [eia] Retreating the Denmark corps > > > > I forgot about our house interpretation that invasion depots should be > > counted for retreat directions. In that case, yes, the Denmark corps > would > > end up in the space between Paris and Cherbourg. > > > > -JJY > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Kyle H" <menexenus@xxxxxxx> > > To: "public list for an Empires in Arms game" <eia@xxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 11:37 PM > > Subject: [eia] Retreating the Denmark corps > > > > > > > I'm trying to figure out where the Denmark corps will end up when it > > is > > > retreated. It must be retreated towards its nearest depot. As far as I > > can > > > tell, the nearest British depot is the one in the English Channel. So, > > > initially, the Denmark corps must move to the St. Malo space. However, > > that > > > space contains a depot garrison, so the corps must be moved again. The > > next > > > move would place it in the Cherbourg area, but that is occupied by two > > > unbesieged French corps. So the Denmark corps must be moved again. > This > > > leaves it in the space between Cherbourg and Paris. > > > > > > Have I done this correctly? Any help would be appreciated. > > > > > > kdh > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "J.J. Young" <jjy@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > To: "public list for an Empires in Arms game" <eia@xxxxxxxxx> > > > Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 11:01 PM > > > Subject: Re: [eia] Danish rolls at Brest > > > > > > > > > > France's unbelievable luck continues as Denmark inflicts 2 casualties > > and > > > > exactly 0.9 morale, and so suffers -6 I in the pursuit (corps strength > > now > > > 2 > > > > I). > > > > > > > > -JJY > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Dice server" <dice-admin@xxxxxxx> > > > > To: "J.J. Young" <jjy@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Cc: <eia@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 10:55 PM > > > > Subject: [eia] Danish rolls at Brest > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dice rolls requested by: "J.J. 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